CVE-2023-36827
ethyca-fides Webserver API Path Traversal vulnerability
Impact
### Impact A path traversal (directory traversal) vulnerability affects fides versions lower than `2.15.1`, allowing remote attackers to access arbitrary files on the fides webserver container's filesystem. ### Patches The vulnerability is patched in fides `2.15.1`. Users should upgrade to this version. ### Workarounds If the Fides webserver API is not directly accessible to attackers and is instead deployed behind a reverse proxy as recommended in Ethyca's [security best practice documentation](https://docs.ethyca.com/docs/configuration/security-practices#reverse-proxy), and the reverse proxy is an AWS application load balancer, the vulnerability can't be exploited by these attackers. An AWS application load balancer will reject this attack with a 400 error. Additionally, any secrets supplied to the container using environment variables rather than a `fides.toml` configuration file are not affected by this vulnerability.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pip | ethyca-fides | < 2.15.1 | 2.15.1 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ethyca | Fides | before 2.15.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/commit/f526d9ffb176006d701493c9d0eff6b4884e811f
- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/releases/tag/2.15.1
- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/security/advisories/GHSA-r25m-cr6v-p9hq
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r25m-cr6v-p9hq
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36827
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ethyca-fides/PYSEC-2023-107.yaml